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She wrote this in 2009

What is your main artistic media?
painting, embroidery, digital, photography

What is your main Buddhist affiliation?
Triratna Buddhist Community

Are there any comments you’d like to make on your buddhist affiliations? (especially if you answered ‘other’!)
I am particularly interested in the Western aspect of Buddhism – how it coincides with Western art and philosophy like Heidegger and Existentialism –

Are you interested in collaboration with other artists? If so, what type of projects would you like to collaborate on?
I ‘curate’ the exhibitions in the Wild Cherry Restaurant – part of the London Buddhist Centre Mandala so I’m always on the lookout for new artists to display.

Please comment on your influences from the artistic world…
I am strongly influenced by American Abstract Expressionism from the 60s and by their forebears like Kandinsky as well as the American Sublime landscape artists of the late 19th century. My favorite artists are Clifford Still, Rothko, Monet, Agnes Martin, Georgia Okeeffe. I am very interested in comtemporary photography and cinema too.

Please give concise details of any publications/ exhibitions held/ records released/ etc – or any coming up
Recent work can be seen on the website WildCherryGallery.com.

(From www.dharmaarts.ning.com/profile/VidyajyotiJoanKarmen)